New with the update is ChatGPT integration, Visual Intelligence, and the much awaited Genmoji and Image Playground.

Now you don’t have to sit through a waitlist.

Now, you just need to download the update and enable Apple Intelligence.

Apple Intelligence and Image Playground waitlist.

With that, let’s get into what your phone can now do.

you might scroll through to read, and you might bring up Siri to ask follow-up questions, too.

you could also tap the Copy button in the top-right corner to copy the response.

Using ChatGPT on iPhone with Siri interface.

As of writing, ChatGPT can only answer questions in text, so it can’t interact with images.

There are some prefs options to play with.

From here, it’s possible for you to also easily suspend the whole ChatGPT feature.

Visual Intelligence in iOS 18.2 beta

Press and hold the Camera Control and you’ll see a new camera interface.

Take a photo of something, anything, and Apple will show you relevant info about the photo subject.

You’ll also see an “Ask” icon to the left.

Generating images using Image Playground on iPad.

It’s like using the ChatGPT app, but in a native iPhone interface.

Finally, there’s a feature similar to Google Lens, but in an iPhone wrapper.

Because the data is coming from Google, I’ve had a lot of luck finding similar results.

Creating Genmoji on iPhone

Create your own Genmoji and AI images

Then there’s image creation.

It all starts with the new Image Playground app.

There are a couple of ways to use Image Playground.

Writing Tools update on iOS 18.2

In the app, start by describing an image that you want to create, then choosing the style.

Image Wand can also create images from scratch by drawing in context from your note’s text.

Once a Genmoji is generated, it’ll stay in your keyboard for future use.

Setting default apps for calling and messaging in iOS 18.2.

Now, you’re able to use theDescribe Your Changefeature to get specific about the rewrite.

Go to theAppssection underSettingsand you’ll see a brand newDefault Appshub at the top.